Limitations of TX_START/END

[Armaetus]

Are there any texture number limitations for using the TX_START/END markers? I forgot if I asked this before.

[Gez]

The texture manager doesn't discriminate. The TX marker textures are pooled with the TEXTUREx textures, the flats, the sprites, etc.

And yes there is a limit to how many textures the texture manager can know about, only about four billions. Sorry. That means that if your texture resource wad reaches 30+ terabytes, you're quite unlikely to be able to add much more.

[Armaetus]

Thanks for the humorous but clear response Gez.

[Rachael]

That means that if your texture resource wad reaches 30+ terabytes

I know there's some people who will say "Challenge Accepted" to that.

[Armaetus]

That means that if your texture resource wad reaches 30+ terabytes

I know there's some people who will say "Challenge Accepted" to that.

Most people have 1-3 terabytes of space so unless they had a behemoth of a rig to do that, it's just not feasible for the typical modder lol

[Rachael]

In the days of NAS and RAID setups, it seems that chaining multiple drives together one way or another has become an increasingly common practice. But you're right - I doubt anyone is going to hit those limits anytime soon. Might take about 15-20 years or so.

[CWolf]

That means that if your texture resource wad reaches 30+ terabytes

I know there's some people who will say "Challenge Accepted" to that.

Maybe next time, when I'll have PC that carry at least 5 HDDs in.